Men Quotes

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

Last Monday a string of amendments were presented to the lower House these altogether respect personal liberty...

Senator William Grayson

The heart may think it knows better the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

Elizabeth Bowen

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - - what are they They are the happiest people in the world.

William Lyon Phelps

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

Michel de Montaigne

The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor he takes my measure anew every time he sees me, whilst all the rest go on with their old measurements, and expect them to fit me.

George Bernard Shaw

It was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of men - where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same time.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Alexander Hamilton

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self - Discipline with all of them came first.

Harry S Truman

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity this is the only way to make it palatable.

Paul De Gondi

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

Plutarch, Morals

Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.

Lord Bertrand Russell

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it.

Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 1903

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

Cicero

Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.

Real Live Preacher, weblog, 04 - 29 - 04

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

Thomas H. Huxley

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Josh Billings

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Oprah Winfrey

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

May Sarton

Judgment is forced upon us by experience.

Johnson

Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Europe is spreading its wings. In freedom. In prosperity. And in peace. It is a truly proud moment for the European Union. It is a triumph for liberty and democracy. To our new members I say: ? Warmly welcome to our family?. Our new Europe is born.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, (Prime Minister of Denmark) Family photo after the European Council meeting in Copenhagen, 13 December 20

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Lord Chesterfield

Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

G. K. Chesterton

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

Benjamin Franklin

Men are like wine some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Pope John XXIII

You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.

Joe Schwartz

All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.

William Penn

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Samuel Johnson

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

John L. Motley

To feel the right emotions is fully as important as to hold the right ideas, and the great service of religion is the development of the right emotions.

Geoffrey Parsons

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - No ideals.

Golda Mei

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

Rodney Yee

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

Thomas Jefferson